Kilimanjaro Climb In Aid Of Ingane Yami Children’s Village

On December 8, 2009 a sponsored climb of Mount Kilimanjaro will begin. While countless other teams have ascended Kilimanjaro, this trek may be one of the most important ever.

The “Kilimanjaro Climb” aims to raise muchneeded funds for the building of a village for homeless children in the Durban area of South Africa, in particular for those orphaned by the AIDS epidemic.

The first phase of the village, to be named Ingane Yami (or “My Child” in Zulu, the local language) will consist of 25 individual houses, each of which will be home to 6 children of varying ages. A “house mother” in each will help to recreate a stable family unit and enable these vulnerable children to be brought up in a
loving environment.

The village ultimately will benefit from a community hall, crèche, clinic, recreational building and a sports field, thus enabling the individual talents and strengths of each child to be nurtured and developed before they eventually move on to lead independent adult lives.

This life-saving project is part of the Restoration of Hope Ministry, a charity organization. The land for the complex was purchased in 2008 and final planning approval for the village is expected to be granted soon.

Pearly Grey and Others Involved
Taking part in the climb will be James and Karen Beckley, the developers of Tenerife’s Pearly Grey Ocean Club, and Dougie Kirkwood, sales manager at Pearly Grey. They will be joined by, among others, Ward Woods, developer of the Regency Group, also based in Tenerife, and Troy Gerrity, a Tenerife wine distributor. The climb is expected to take up to five days and the team is hoping to raise substantial funds for this vital project.

Any sponsorship or donations will be very gratefully received. On behalf of the children, Pearly Grey Ocean Club asks that you help in any way that you can. For more information and/or to donate to this worthy cause, go to www.pearlygrey.com/en/kilimanjaro.asp

Additional information on Ingane Yami can be found on the Web at:
www.facebook.com/pages/Ingane-Yami/158647944443
www.twitter.com/inganeyami
www.flickr.com/photos/inganeyami/

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